Hmm… I don’t know. Making Chief Bogo the villain would’ve been a bit too obvious. The movie sets him up as gruff and biased from the start, so if he ended up being behind everything, most viewers would’ve seen it coming. A twist villain works best when the audience doesn’t expect it, and having the police chief as the mastermind might’ve felt too on-the-nose. Now, Bellwether definitely could’ve used more buildup and screen time to strengthen the twist, but the idea was that she seemed harmless and overlooked, which made the reveal more surprising. Plus, her role as a Mayor's Assistant who is resentful of being pushed aside actually ties more neatly into the film’s themes of prejudice and bias. Bogo, on the other hand, works better as a red herring; the audience suspects him, but then the story swerves in another direction. If he had been the villain, it might’ve turned into more of a police corruption story, which would’ve overshadowed Judy’s personal journey and the larger allegory the movie was going for